Installing Cloud Cruiser Analytics

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HPE Consumption Analytics Portal Analytics includes two Windows applications, HPE Consumption Analytics Portal Analytics Server and HPE Consumption Analytics Portal Analytics Desktop. This software is provided to you separately by HPE staff and is not included in the HPE Consumption Analytics Portal product download.

Cloud Cruiser Analytics Server

To install HPE Consumption Analytics Portal Server

Launch the installer provided by HPE ​staff, running it as an administrator user.

Click through the wizard, accepting default values, until the installer prompts you to activate HPE Consumption Analytics Portal Analytics Server.

If you are installing on the same computer as HPE Consumption Analytics Portal (not recommended), consider changing the destination location so that HPE Consumption Analytics Portal Analytics Server is not located under the HPE Consumption Analytics Portal installation directory. This keeps you from having to reinstall HPE Consumption Analytics Portal Analytics Server every time you uninstall and upgrade HPE Consumption Analytics Portal.

If the Port number (default value 80) conflicts with another application running on this computer, change it. For example, HPE Consumption Analytics Portal's application server uses port 8080 by default, so avoid that port if installing on the same computer.

Click OK, even if you haven't made any changes, to continue the installation. Then click through the remaining screens of the wizard. The Tableau Server Setup Tasks window opens in your browser, prompting you to add an administrator account.

Create a username, display name, and password to use to administer HPE Consumption Analytics Portal Analytics Server, then click Add User. You can set these to anything you like. To simplify user maintenance and avoid common errors, HPE recommends using the same username as the HPE Consumption Analytics Portal administrator account that you will use when later performing Configuration in the Cloud Cruiser Portal. The default administrator account is admin. The Content tab of HPE Consumption Analytics Portal Analytics Server appears.​

Cloud Cruiser Analytics Desktop

HPE recommends that you install HPE Consumption Analytics Portal Analytics Desktop on the same computer as HPE Consumption Analytics Portal. This is because you will open files in HPE Consumption Analytics Portal Analytics Desktop that are installed with HPE Consumption Analytics Portal.

To install HPE Consumption Analytics Portal Analytics Desktop

Launch the installer provided by HPE staff and click Install.

When the installer prompts you to activate HPE Consumption Analytics Portal Analytics Desktop, activate it with the product key provided to you by HPE staff and click Continue. HPE Consumption Analytics Portal Analytics Desktop opens.